At the end of August of the 25th year of Chongzhen (1652), when the 1st Cavalry Army led by Zhu Cijiong was slaughtering in Kazakh, Bukhara, Khiva, Kokand and other regions of Central Asia, an epoch-making event also occurred in the Ming Dynasty.

Breakthroughs in radio wave technology have made wireless instant messaging possible.

After more than half a year of attempts, the first set of radio stations was finally built.

Of course, the idea of the radio came from Chongzhen, and the source was the legendary academic treatise on alchemy.

The first set of radio stations was extremely crudely constructed, so in order to increase the transmission distance, the power had to be increased, and the output power eventually reached 1 kilowatt, but the wireless distance between the two cities was successfully achieved.

When the first telegram sent from the Nanjing General Headquarters was received by the Wuying Hall in Beijing and translated into words, the entire Beijing Wenchen military generals were about to go crazy, and the legendary Shunfeng Ear actually became a reality.

Compared with the military generals in Beijing, Chongzhen himself in Nanjing was more excited.

Because of the emergence of radio stations, there has been an epoch-making breakthrough in military communication technology.

From then on, Chongzhen could sit in Nanjing and know the battle situation of Li Yan's army in Tibet and Zhu Cijiong's army in Central Asia.

There is also the navy, dozens or hundreds of warships can communicate with each other on the vast sea.

Chongzhen immediately ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to set up a radio workshop to specialize in the production of radio stations.

At the beginning of Chongzhen's 26th year, the first batch of 50 high-power radio stations successfully rolled off the assembly line.

Chongzhen did not hesitate to give these radio stations to the navy, and each of the 48 warships was equipped with a radio station.

After the radio station was equipped, Zheng Zhilong immediately took Zheng Hongkui and Shi Tianfu to the general headquarters and once again made a request for naval battle to Chongzhen.

In June last year, shortly after the destruction of the Japanese state, Zheng Zhilong, together with Zheng Hongkui and Shi Tianfu, submitted a request to conquest the Dutch navy, but all of them were rejected by Chongzhen.

Chongzhen didn't explain too much, only said that the time was not ripe.

The emergence of radio technology this time made Zheng Zhilong and others even more eager to fight.

Of course, it is undeniable that the reason why Zheng Zhilong is so anxious to open up the sea frontier for the Ming Dynasty is also because he is 50 years old, according to the average life expectancy of this era, Zheng Zhilong's life has entered the countdown, maybe he will never wake up tomorrow after going to bed tonight.

Zheng Zhilong is eager to create a big situation for Daming before he dies of old age.

So after meeting Chongzhen this time, Zheng Zhilong's whole person was impassioned: "Shengshang, now my Ming Navy not only has 36 Zhou Yu-class (2,500-ton) cruisers, but also has 12 Zhenghe-class (5,000-ton) cruisers, each battleship is equipped with as little as 88 and as many as 176 naval guns, and at close range, it is equipped with a two-five type heavy machine gun, and now, each battleship is equipped with a radio station, and the Netherlands Hongyi has repeatedly plundered our Ming merchant ships in the South Seas, Even the Francois are also dissatisfied with the Dutch, this sincerity can be said to be the right time, place and people, when will it not be able to send troops? ”

[Note: The anti-bar is fine, and the modern wooden-hulled ironclad ship can achieve tens of thousands of tons, and 5,000 tons is nothing at all]

After Zheng Zhilong finished speaking, Zheng Hongkui and Shi Tianfu also echoed in unison: "Holy Lord, the ministers request to send troops immediately!" ”

Chongzhen looked at Zheng Zhilong with a complicated expression, and did not express his position immediately, to be honest, Chongzhen actually wanted to wait a little longer, just wanted to wait until Zheng Zhilong was old enough to go to the sea before fighting.

As for the reason, of course, it is afraid that the Zheng family will sit big.

Nowadays, the power of the Zheng family is really not ordinary.

Of the four major fleets of the Navy, the commanders of the two fleets are all members of the Zheng family, and the commander of the Third Fleet, Shi Tianfu, is also a general of the Zheng family, and the Zheng family is also the second largest shareholder of the Shipping and Shipbuilding Silver, Zheng Zhilong has also been the dean of the Naval Academy, and all officers from the Naval Academy are Zheng Zhilong's students.

Today's Zheng family is the first family of the Ming Dynasty.

And from the current point of view, the Zheng family is still on the rise.

Because among the second generation of the Zheng family, Zheng Cai and Zheng Sen have already made their mark in the army, and Zheng Du and Zheng En's performance in the Naval Academy is also very good, and the future is promising.

In this case, even Chongzhen, a traverser, also has a first-class discomfort of thorns in his back.

If Zheng Zhilong really rebelled, failure was certain, but it would also greatly hurt the vitality of the Ming Dynasty, especially the strength of the navy would definitely suffer a heavy blow.

Therefore, Chongzhen wants to wait a few years to send troops, and it is best to wait until Zheng Zhilong has a gout attack and can't go to sea before sending troops.

Because in recent years, Chongzhen has rewarded Zheng Zhilong with all kinds of seafood and beer every three or five days, Zheng Zhilong's body is expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye, if nothing else, the purines in the body must have seriously exceeded the standard, so gout can attack at any time, once gout attacks, Zheng Zhilong will not be able to go out to sea.

However, what annoyed Chongzhen was that Zheng Zhilong's gout never showed signs of attack.

At this time, Chongzhen couldn't find a proper reason to delay any longer, but even so, Chongzhen still wanted to delay for a few days as much as possible, even if it was just for a day.

What if Zheng Zhilong's gout attacks in time tonight?

At that moment, Chongzhen nodded and said: "At present, everything can be said to be ready, only the east wind is owed, as long as the Dutch merchant ships have any changes in the South Seas, they will immediately send troops to completely destroy the military presence of the Dutch people in the South Seas." ”

Zheng Zhilong said anxiously: "Holy Lord, the Dutch merchant ships have plundered so many of our merchant ships before, and the Francois merchants have also reported the atrocities of the Dutch merchant ships in the South Seas to my Ming Dynasty many times, isn't it enough?" ”

"Hey, it's not appropriate to mention the past." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "You need to have a ready-made reason to ......."

However, before the words fell, Xia Yunyi walked in quickly: "Shengshang, I just received an urgent report from the Nanyang Firm, saying that their two merchant ships were robbed by pirates near the waters of Penghu, although the pirate ships did not carry the national flag, but judging from the style of the naval guns, most of them are warships of the Dutch Navy. ”

"Holy?" Zheng Zhilong and the three of them brushed together and turned their heads to look at Chongzhen.

At this time, even Chongzhen couldn't find a reason to delay, so he could only agree to send troops.

At that moment, Chongzhen said in a deep voice: "Decree, all officers and non-commissioned officers of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd fleets of the Navy have canceled their holidays, and the General Staff Section will immediately formulate a battle plan, with the goal of liberating the entire Southeast Asia and uprooting all the strongholds of the Netherlands, Franco, England and other countries in Southeast Asia, listen clearly, all the strongholds!" ”

Jiang Tian was stunned when he heard this: "Also including the stronghold of the Francois people?" ”

Hearing this, not only Jiang Tianyi, but also Zheng Zhilong and the other three felt a little confused.

Because the relationship between Francois and Daming is not bad, the business and trade between the two sides is very close, and the cooperation is quite pleasant, so it stands to reason that there is no reason to use force against Franco.

"That's right, including the Franciscans." Chongzhen's tone was very affirmative, and he said, "Southeast Asia can only be the Southeast Asia of the Ming Dynasty, and the forces of the Europa people must withdraw from Southeast Asia, which is nothing to say." ”

After a pause, Chongzhen continued: "Of course, the target of the early attack is still the Dutch. ”

"The minister understands, and the minister will lead people to make a plan." Jiang Tianyi immediately turned around and returned to the staff section.

……

At this time, Chongzhen was still a little reluctant.

In Batavia, Southeast Asia, however, an expeditionary fleet from the Netherlands mainland had arrived.

The Dutch fleet, which arrived in Batavia with the new governor of Batavia, Matekosol, had more than 50 large sailing ships plus more than 200 armed merchant ships, more than 3,000 cannons, and more than 20,000 sailors.

This is definitely the largest expedition in the Netherlands.

During this period, only the Netherlands, which had the reputation of being a coachman at sea, had the ability to send such a large-scale naval fleet to the Ming Dynasty in the East.

The arrival of this huge fleet made Anthony, the outgoing governor of Batavia, both excited and worried.

Antony was thrilled to learn that no fleet had ever been of this size in European history, and even the Spanish Armada at its height had only more than 150 sail ships, while the Netherlands had mobilized more than 250 ships this time.

The reason why the Netherlands mobilized such a large fleet to conquer the Ming Dynasty was that two years ago, the merchant ships of the Netherlands discovered that the Ming Dynasty was actually equipped with a big black ship.

Not only did this large black ship have heavy iron armor that could protect it from naval gun fire, but it also could sail without sails and simply burn coal, which posed a serious threat to the maritime supremacy of the Netherlands.

Thus, after receiving the report from the East, the shareholders of the East India Company immediately made a resolution to mobilize all the financial resources that could be mobilized to organize the largest fleet to expedition to the Ming Dynasty.

The ultimate intention of this expedition was to directly destroy the Ming Dynasty.

After the destruction of the Ming Dynasty, he won the manufacturing technology of the Great Black Ship.

However, what worries Anthony is that the number of big black ships of the Ming Dynasty has become even larger.

"Matt Cosol, there's something that might make you unhappy to say it, but I still think it's important to tell you the truth." Anthony said worriedly, "The number of big black ships owned by the Ming Navy is more than last year, last year there were only more than thirty big black ships, but this year it has increased to nearly fifty, and the tonnage of the latest more than ten big black ships is larger than the previous more than three ships, and the number of cannons equipped has also doubled!" ”

"What's the matter?" Matt Cosol was full of confidence, "Our Dutch expeditionary fleet has more than 200 large sail warships, which is four times the number of the Ming Navy, and I firmly believe that our Dutch artillery performance is better than that of the Ming Navy, so the final victory will definitely belong to the Dutch Navy." ”

"No, no, Matt Kosol, you're wrong." Anthony shook his head again and again, "The performance of the naval guns of the Ming Navy is obviously better than that of our naval guns of the Dutch Navy, their naval guns not only have a longer range than ours, but also have greater destructive power than ours, and what is more troublesome is that the speed of the Ming army's big black ships is also faster, if the two sides really go to war, our Dutch Navy has little chance of winning, so I suggest canceling this expedition and negotiating peace with the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Yihe, are you kidding me? It took us so much to convince the thousands of shareholders of the company, and you told me to cancel the expedition? So who will bear the cost of this expedition? Who should pay for the pensions of the crew members who died of illness on the road, and the compensation for the supplies of the merchant ships that were sunk in the storm? Matt Cosol was a little impatient, "Your Excellency Anthony, let's complete the handover as soon as possible." ”

(End of chapter)